Computer Science
8 years ago

Engineers neglect code smells, risking software quality and user experience.

Evaluating the Lifespan of Code Smells in a Software System using Software Repository Mining
R.R. Peters

Paper Summary

Code smells are like warning signs in computer code that can lead to problems. Researchers created a tool to see how long these code smells last in software systems. They looked at seven open source projects and found that developers don't fix these issues very often, even though they know about them. This shows that code smells are not a top priority for developers, and more work is needed to improve how these issues are handled.

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